A Brilliant Indigo Bunting
This little indigo bunting is for Lea, who won the drawing on Your Mist Wished for Bird Pattern. I've not seen one on the farm, but friends nearby report many sightings. The biggest challenge with this bird is finding felt "blue enough" to do him...
Klondike Mountain Hike
Klondike Mountain. The name leads you to think of something monumental and intimidating. We discovered that Maine's Klondike Mountain is neither of those things. Today, as part of my "homecation" getaway, the three of us visited this new hiking...
Chasing an August Moon
Last night, we were half-way through a movie when I remembered the full moon was on the rise. I bailed on the movie and headed down the road to clear the trees so I'd have a good view. It was a pretty sight. Clouds scattered the skyline playing...
A Bountiful Day
I love days like today - sunny summer days when the only thought on my mind is working in the garden. It's satisfying to see the garden producing. Although, harvesting from my garden is a bit like playing Twister. It's so wildly overgrown that it's...
Tale Of A NOT Clean House
Things have been a little crazy at my house lately. We’ve had many projects under way simultaneously. In addition to the home craziness, my working overtime and Hannah’s summer basketball league have added to the chaos reigning here. Here’s a...
Thunder Clouds Over the Barrens
Thunder clouds rolling over the blueberry barrens snapped out the car window with my iPhone. The heavens opened up moments later as I hightailed it home.
Fifteen
I miss the little girl who giggled without inhibition and snuggled to my heart's content. I miss the child who thought her parents were hilarious and laughed at all of our jokes. I miss the girl who would hold my hand crossing the street - or hold...
Dilly, One Annoyed Duck
Did you know that ducks are great complainers? Dilly is broody and unfortunately she's made her nest by the pond and not in the duck house. She religiously sits on her eggs during the day. Come evening she's not happy about being coaxed indoors. We...
It’s A Jungle Out There: Hugelkulture Update
It appears that I've finally hit on a gardening strategy that works in my inhospitable clay soil. After a few years of playing with raised beds, my hugulkulture experiment is yielding fabulous results. My pumpkins and cucumbers are waist deep. I...
Foggy Silhouette
The last few days here have been "pea soup" foggy - clouds so low and thick that you could feel them as you walk through. While traveling along the blueberry barrens I was struck by the stark beauty of this cedar waxwing's silhouette as he perched...
Amongst the Veggies
Sunday afternoon I dragged Paul along to a friend's home to tour her vegetable garden. As I sit here going through my photos, there's barely a vegetable to be found. Clearly I was taken with the flowers she has growing amongst the veggie beds.
The Battle for Blueberries
I'm not a country girl by upbringing, so it's no surprise that I'm excited over a patch of wild blueberries that are thriving around the pond. Last year about this time when I checked the progress of the berries, there was nary a one - the bushes...
Heron on the Harrington
On the drive home from Hannah's summer basketball league, much to her dismay, I pulled over when I spotted this great blue heron in the Harrington River. The ear buds went in and she settled in for what she expected would be a long wait and...
This Weekend in My Garden
Snapshots from the garden this weekend... My hugulkultures are doing great. You're looking at pumpkins, zucchini and cucumbers. In hindsight, I may have placed them a little close together and set the fence? in a little too tight. I can't move in...
Your Most Wished for Bird Pattern: Winner
Update 7/26/14: The winner is Lea Ellis! The next bird pattern will be an indigo bunting! Stay tuned. I've never done a giveaway here. My blog started as a chronicle of our life here in Maine for our family and friends - both longtime and new....
The Captivating Calliope Hummingbird
The Calliope Hummingbird is touted as the smallest bird in the United States. I think the the male's pinkish-red beard is perfectly endearing! Hope you enjoy this new hummingbird! Right click here and select "save target as" to save this free PDF...
Oh Deer!
This young doe was "bagged" on the bluffs in Eastport this morning. She didn't seem to mind as I pulled the car to a stop and rolled down the window for a quick photo shoot.
An Uncooperative Broody Duck
We have another broody duck. Peep is sitting on a cluck of eggs in the duck house. Now Dilly has joined the hopeful building a nest near the pond. She's become very serious about her efforts, sticking to her nest rain or shine. The problem is, it's...
Devastated by a Mink
This is round one of meat chicken harvesting. Yesterday we processed 19 cornish rock chickens for the freezer. Today’s agenda was to finish the remaining sixteen birds. The next round of 50 meat chicks just moved from the brooder into the outdoor...
Rise Of A Super Moon
While everyone else went to the movies tonight, I tooled around looking at the moon. Yeah, I know. I'm a geek.
Moon Over Mill River
The almost-full super moon rising over the river that runs past one edge of our acreage.
My Broody Girls
Meet Peep. She's a one-year-old Pekin duck, born in our incubator last spring. She is broody and seems to be doing a good job at sticking to her nest. The only problem is, we don't need any more ducks! We have eight - three of them boys. That fact...
Red, White & Blue Over Barrens
I paused along Coastal U.S. Route 1 today when I spied the precious red, white, and blue flying in a most unlikely spot - over the blueberry barrens.
Schoodic Point After Tropical Storm Arthur
This morning, I lured Paul and Hannah out of bed early for a drive to Schoodic Point. I wanted to photograph the waves tropical storm Arthur brought to town. As it turned out, this is as big as the crashing waves got. Not too spectacular. I confess...
A Stunning Scarlet Tanager
There's nothing like the remnants of a hurricane to keep me indoors on a holiday weekend. It gave me time to create this little scarlet tanger without feeling as if I ought to be outdoors. I've only seen this bird once and the sighting was so...
